Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun non_vult

1 sense of non vult

Sense 1
nolo contendere, non vult -- ((law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction)
       => answer -- (the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims)